Hey everyone. I gotta admit, addressing OLED burn-in is one of the hardest most frustrating topics I’ve covered. This video was hard. I see lots of opportunity to dissect this because the metrics are so nebulous! OLED burn-in is rarely a problem and I don’t think most folks should be worried or avoid an OLED TV because of that fear. But it’s only not a problem until it isn’t, right? When it is a problem, it is soul-crushing. And I don’t want to be dismissive of the few folks who have had to deal with it. Anyway, I try hard to do my best every video, and always get better. Your suggestions and feedback are invaluable. So let me have it! Appreciate you all more than you can ever know.

When I spend a massive amount of money on a TV I shouldn’t have to worry about what’s being left on and for how long. OLED is beautiful no doubt, but I’ll stick with my LCD for now.

Until companies can warranty against burn in, its always a concern for the consumer

Have an 55 LG OLED now over 3 years old. Watch various programing and have no burn-in. We did at setup of this tv follow LG's options recommendation for this in their menu. Thanks for the video.

the "lets talk about that" in the start, felt like a therapy session beginning. And very much true cause it addresses Burnin anxiety!

That screen saver at 3:25 brought back so much nostalgia

So happy about this history lesson! And happy you went back to the beginning including plasma TVs, and not just the history of OLED burn in

I still have one of the last Panasonic plasma tv's since 2012 and still no inkling of burn-in. I watch plenty of tv and BD. Both of these have a screen saver and I rarely, if ever, watch tv programs/channels with static displayed. The black level and color fidelity are still superb. The torture tests that RTratings does is suspect, in my opinion. I think their methodology raises lots of questions - at least for the average viewer. Thanks for another great video.

I have 19,214 hours on a 48" CX purchased in Aug of 2020 that I've used exclusively as PC Gaming Monitor and Streaming TV. It's on for 12+ hours a day during the week and hardly ever goes off over the weekends. The only precautions I took from day one were 1) a solid black desktop, no icons & autohide taskbar 2) all safety settings turned on to max in the TV (i.e. pixel shift, logo luminance, etc.), and 3) a 5 minute screen timeout on PC so I can walk away without worrying about clearing the screen. I've also kept the brightness turned down to 50% for both monitor and streaming. Other than the above, I've treated it just like an LCD monitor and forgot all about Burn-IN/IR. When Elden Ring came out I was hooked...I played that game at least a few hours each day and some days for 6-8 hours at a go for 4 months straight. Every once in a while I run the test patterns and look hard for anything that might resemble BI/IR and I've yet to see anything. I can't perceive any difference in brightness or vibrancy either. I think the variation in content has helped a great deal as well in preventing issues. I've often wondered how long an OLED is actually good for: 20K hours? 40K hours? before you can perceive a noticeable difference in brightness or vibrancy. I believe OLEDs are the best gaming screen available at present and I've already gotten my use out of this one even if it died tomorrow. I just wish the new tech like QD OLED, MLA, etc. would make it's way down to sizes smaller than 48" so I can replace this one one day for something other than another WOLED.

I've really only seen the LCD pixel wear "burn in" on airport displays. Which makes sense. I don't think they're ever turned off for most of their life. Crazy those displays work at all after years and years of being constantly on.

I just don’t want to babysit a TV.

LG C9 owner here. I have permanent burn-in in the lower left corner of the TV from the "Ball Cam" indicator in the game Rocket League. It's only visible when certain colors like browns/tans show on that area of the TV, but when it does it's obvious. Unfortunate for sure considering I didn't leave this on for hours at a time. Just when playing games...

In 2015 we bought a Sharp Aquos LCD for the bedroom and an LGG65E for the living room. Within 6 months the LG became a victim of "early adopter" burn-in. The Sharp is still kicking it problem free. We will be much more aware of settings & viewing habits with our new G3. Thank you... Bob

Thanks Caleb, for the technical history, and for the insight as to how our thinking has evolved around burn-in, and the current state of things today. As a long time plasma owner, and new owner of a couple LG G2s, I was looking for some guidance, much appreciated!

“Ahhhhhh! Burn-in. That old chestnut” says my 17 year old plasma TV, still refusing to die.

I got burn-in on my C1 after a year, but i do use it as a PC monitor that has a lot of static images like the task bar and favorites bar. It only seems to occur with bright red logos though, like the youtube logo, so i try to shuffle those around every so often to help slow the problem some. My brightness is not maxed out either.

Great video. I am hoping to get some more intel on burn-in related issues caused by (direct) sunlight. After image retention, this looks to be the second most apparent cause for burn-in. Other than that; Keep it up, Caleb - I really like your take on TVs - been a fan for over a year now. My LG C2 still performing as brand new (bought in August 2022).

One of the things to remember with OLED's, is that after 4 hours cumulative use, they will run a "compensation" cycle when you put them into standby. This cycle basically, scans the pixels to detect deterioration and compensate for pixel degradation and ensure all the pixels wear out in a consistent fashion. This cycle runs for about 7 minutes and why it's good practice, not to disconnect your screen from the mains power as soon as you turn it off.

I was also worried about burn in when i was about to buy a new TV... Now after 3,5 years of almost everyday usage of my Philips 65OLED903 theres not a single sign of image burn! Yes there were moments where i got some image retention or smudges caused by the sunlight after longer vacation, but it was all easily solved by its screen refresher! All i can say is that I have no regrets of getting the oled and honestly i still cant get enough of that beautiful picture it produce even after this many years!

This was volume matched perfectly, thanks!

I was worried about burn in before buying my LG C1 a few years ago. I can tell you from experience it is a non issue

Thanks. I'm a gamer and since I know I'm very likely to play a game for a long time and that I don't plan to change my tv for at least 4-5 years, I decided to go with a LED. I got the X90K about 5 months ago and even though I can see blooming sometimes, I'm very happy playing games without worrying and enjoying the amazing picture quality, 120hrz, vrr and local dimming. Couldn't be happier.

Got a GX and game on it as well as watch tv. Bought mine from John Lewis here in the U.K. and for one reason, they do cover burn in with their warranty. I had an E6 that got burn in after 2 years. The GX has so far after several years been flawless. With the E6 you could see screen retention that led to the burn in, this hasn’t been a problem on the GX.

43” LGC2 here, since Black Friday 2022. Moderate use throughout the week. So far so good

I must admit, Oleds have an amazing picture, best I've ever seen on tvs today. However, this issue is the main reason why I've refrained from purchasing one. Even though the chances of burn in are supposedly slim to none, it's still risky, too risky for me after spending my hard earned money and no warranty coverage for burn in. That is why I choose to stick with qled/mini led, technologies that come very close to oled in some cases. Keeps my worries away.

Caleb, burn in on OLED is not about static images. It is due to differential aging. It has nothing to do with static images, it could be a changing image in the center of the screen but it will wear the center of the screen more. This is the cause of the green blob burn in of LG WOLEDs like C7. The center red subpixels get used more because skin tones dominate the center of the screen. You can get this burn in without any static content ever.

Fantastic video, Caleb. Can’t wait for part 2!

Very informative. I am about to buy my first OLED TV and this sort of advice is invaluable. Thank you.

Caleb, you are one of my favorite tech voices on YT. Always excited to watch one of your videos. Great job discussing this issue!

Very timely video for me personally. I finally made the jump to OLED. I just bought the 42” Sony A90K to replace an LG monitor for my WFH/gaming set up. I am a bit worried about burn in. It would be great if you did a video where you offered specific advice on best practices to mitigate burn in while using windows or Apple computers. They would be very helpful. Love the videos- thanks!

I have the new C3 77 & 65 inch OLED and Im more knowledgeable and confident than before compared to my Cx from burn in after 3 years of use and following your suggestions ✌🏽

Thanks Caleb! Thank you for being direct and honest… I really hate it when reviewers play both sides and give out mixed opinions… you guys were direct which gave me the confidence to make the right decision! Thanks Caleb! 🇺🇸👽✌️

I avoided OLED for years because of this and I finally bit the bullet and bought an LG C2, so far I am loving it

I've had a CX for 3 years, mostly used for youtube and games. Absolutely no sign of long term burn in, so far.

Thanks for the pointers on what is what in TVs these days.

Just bought a c2 oled and was happy to see this new video come out

Hi Caleb. Great work as usual! It would be nice for a future video to have a bluray player comparison. Is a PS5/Xbox worse than a dedicated player? What's the difference between a 200$ and 2000$ player? Thanks!!

It may serve to someone as a reference: I got my LG C8 in 2019 because it was a real bargain and I've been using it 5 hours in average almost every day. I like to watch it at night so my setting is at low brightness (25%) which is more than enough for HDR and SDR content and with limited static elements. So far zero signs of burn in.

Thanks, for me LCD all the way! Fall asleep all the time and leave a static image on by mistake...no worries!

I've never bought a TV over $400 but I saw the new LG OLED C3 and I want that bad boy. Never heard of burn ins before. Thanks for the video

We should not have to pay higher prices for the possibility of burn in. Until accurate information is available the safe bet is buying Led TVS. Although picture performance is always less than OLED tvs it's has become real close to OLED performance. There is no debate for me. Burn - in is unacceptable period!

Thank you for this great informative video! I have a 55 in LG CX OLED from 2020 and have experienced ZERO burn in on my panel going on 3 years now. That being said, I used my TV mostly for watching KZfaq and some casual video gaming. The TV stays on about 8 hours a day I suppose, but I don't watch network TV news or anything with a static user interface other than KZfaq (unless a video game has it that I am playing.) I have used the pixel refresher feature (albeit sparingly) and usually only if the TV recommends me to do it. I am very happy with my purchase, and feel that my next TV will be OLED now and going forward. I am curious to know at what point the technology reached the point where burn in was less of an issue, and if my LG CX falls within that timeline? Also it would be nice to know the life expectancy of OLEDs if such information exists. Again thank you for this video, and I hope the info I have shared can perhaps help anyone reading this. Cheers!

Excellent video Caleb.

My $0.02: Prior to my ‘17 LG OLED, I got 10yrs out of my reference Pioneer Kuro PDP. It still works fine, and I experienced zero issues/burn in after thousands of hours, including lots of BD usage. Despite my 81yr old Mom’s best efforts to kill my OLED55C7P with daily marathon SD cable TV viewing, I’ve had zero issues in nearly 7yrs of ownership. I bought her a LCD LG for her room to ruin at her leisure, but she still works the OLED hard. If it fails tomorrow, especially since my Amazon extended warrantee is now done/dusted, I certainly got my money’s worth and will definitely buy LG OLED moving forward.

My oldest OLED tv I have is a 2017 LG that is still great with zero burn in. It’s been used for all types of media including many hours of gaming. I even played one game 100’s of hours with no issues.

Also, people forget CRT monitors and TVs were absolutely prone to burn-in if static images were left on it too long, hence why screen savers were created and we used to turn off the TV but leave the SNES on. The main issue is there's a whole generation of consumers that grew up with only LCDs, so they've never learned how to take care of their displays. It's like driving a manual transmission versus an automatic; just takes a bit more thought and care.

Great video learned a lot can’t wait for part two

Great insightful video. Thank you.

I’m always interested in stress testing something. As an aviation fan, you’ll see wings and fuselage parts tested to destruction way beyond their limits. I’ve had my LG CX for 3 years now, and it still amazes me how black levels and HDR pop on it. I do accept that early OLEDS had issues of course, but I think burn-in is mainly a thing of the past. Can’t speak to QD-OLEDS because they’re too new a technology. However I’d be highly surprised if they are.

My LG 65" C8 from 2018 has severe burn-in from Netflix, KZfaq and others channels but even so my next TV is going to be an OLED, once you've experienced those inky black there's no turning back.

awesome video, can't wait for the second part

Thank you, just the info I wanted to know after ordering a lg c2 :)

In my experience working with OLEDs, I have rarely seen any gaming HUDs burned in. I have seen maybe a hundred or two hundred cases of burn in over my years in the business. Only 3 of these have shown gaming HUDs. (I take pictures of every case.) The first I saw was from GTA, not sure which one, but an older one, not GTA5. This was around 2016. Another case I believe was Tower Fall, this one also had a TLC logo, not sure which burned first. Another had the life hearts from Minecraft. This one had some other things, too, so I am not sure what burned first. Once you start getting burn in it kind of snowballs, so it is possible that something else started to burn in and Minecraft came after the pixels had already started failing. The Minecraft one was the most recent case involving a game HUD, I think it was 2021. Other burn in cases: I saw one 2016 model with a National Geographic logo (the yellow box). There is another with a TV channel logo from perhaps local news. I had one very odd case that looked like a screen saver image. It reminded me of a LG screen image I have seen, but I couldn't find it. The photo was from a small boat in Italy approaching an arch. I believe this one was simply defective from the start as the image may be a LG testing image, similar to a situation that Rtings encountered in their first burn in test several years ago. (There was a percentage indicator on the side, which would have came from a LG test screen. LG repaired the TV by updating the Tconn board, so it was not burn in or a panel failure.) ALL OTHER CASES were news channels. So like 95%+ of all cases of burn in I have seen involved news channels. To be clear, I have never seen The Weather Channel or ESPN graphics burned in. I don't believe these 2 channels generally burn in because their graphics are not as warm or bright as the news channels. When LG started using heat sinks the burn cases dropped a lot. So I believe the heat sinks helped quite a bit. Additionally, reds tend to degrade and burn most. The best example of this is the NBC Peacock logo on MSNBC. The peacock changes color, and the burn in was most visible on the warm side, with the red section most visible. The side with cool colors was not even burned in, it was half the logo. The Weather Channel is blue, and ESPN rotates colors a lot, but they don't tend to be red. I am not saying it is impossible, but from my experience you really shouldn't get burn in by playing video games unless the game has a very strong HUD that matches a news channel. If you think about it, many modern games hide their HUDs frequently, and ones that have them on all the time tend to be toned down. You also shouldn't get burn in just watching different TV channels. I might be concerned about certain American TV channels that love plastering their logos as vividly as possible. This is less an issue for foreign markets where logos are less obnoxious. But LG has had logo detection for a couple years now. My advice to people is pretty simple. If you intend to watch a lot of news channels, then avoid OLED. Most other use cases are generally fine. If you already own an OLED and watch news channels, then turn down the OLED light level in settings. You can easily create a picture preset to switch to with quick settings if you plan on watching news for a while (like maybe a special event or election), and switch back when done. There may be other use cases to have concern over, but the news is the primary one by far. Considering heat is behind burn in, it is also possible that if your room is really warm, that could contribute to burn in if you watch certain content. Don't put an OLED over a fire place (I don't know if I'd put any TV over a fireplace). Heat is bad in general, and can also lead to LEDs dying as well. The fact that Rtings is watching CNN for long periods without burn in on WOLED is a strong sign that LG has done a lot to fix the issue. It will be interesting to see how the test concludes. QDOLED is an unknown for now. I rather thought Samsung had a solid solution by using only blue light. But Rtings testing shows it can indeed happen. Maybe Samsung will figure it out, but it might take a few years. I'd like to end this by saying that LCD tech has its own failures, too. All this talk about burn in ignores the fact that LCDs are failing pretty frequently themselves. The issue is that modern LCDs are being built to super cheap cost cutting standards. They have basically given up, both LG and Samsung now out source their LCD panels. That is a giant red flag. Even the higher end LCD LEDs are being built fairly cheap. So don't go thinking that LED is going to last you forever because it doesn't get burn in. The statistical odds are that a LED will die before an OLED. These are not your dad's LCDs that were built like tanks. There is a reason why modern LEDs are so super light. They are cutting costs. I say this because I know somebody will chime in and exclaim "Well my LED has lasted me 10 years!" New LEDs are NOT built like your old LED. Lift your 10 your old LED, now lift a new one the same size. They feel different, don't they? That's because they are different. Don't expect the new one to last the same amount of time. Computer monitors do seem to be built to a slightly better standard than TVs. But only higher end. A cheap PC monitor is still a cheaply built product. Many PC screens are edge lit, too, and edge lighting can get very hot because all the LEDs are closer together than a full array. Again, heat is bad for electronics, just like it is for your GPU or CPU. LEDs running hot will burn out faster.

The most common display element for my usage is actually subtitles. I always have subtitles on whenever available and my B6 definitely have burn in problem at the bottom center area.

It was actually first noticed with the black & white CRT's used in Pong arcade and home consoles in the 70's. Great video btw....

I was a little worried when I bought my LG E9 65" but i quickly realized that it would take alot to actually even get image retension. I've used KZfaq, twitch etc and no trace of burn in. Never looked back. Maybe on the money since i barely use it but it looks nice on the wall. 😁 Now when i think about it, I've actually had more problem with Led-LCD such as 1 burn in(should be more or less impossible) and faulty panels.

I was just at best buy admiring TVs out of my price range as a college student and was wondering about whether OLED tech is a point where it's safe to consider them for long term use. Great video!

The problem is that they're starting to make PC monitors using OLED, and those are much more likely to display static content thanks to window borders and title bars. If it were just TVs, I'd agree the risk is fairly low. The other issue is that phosphor TVs required much longer to burn than even modern OLEDs with all of their mitigation strategies. Until they can reach at least that level of longevity, it's going to remain a concern.

I bought an LG 55" OLED in 2017 and have been fortunate to not have any permanent burn in issues. This is a TV that is used about 10 hours a day 7 days a week, so it has had plenty of use. Having said that I just bought the new LG 65" C3 which is due to be delivered tomorrow. I'm confident whatever my family is doing will likely not cause issues in the future.

Very useful advice thank you

I run a C2 Evo 42" as my primary gaming PC display. I have Windows set to disable the screen after 3 minutes, and I'm mindful of trying to go fullscreen where ever possible. Other than that, I'm two months into this use case, and it's been sublime. The gaming experience is unbelievable, and I can't imagine going back to an IPS display.

As a gamer who plays alot, i will continue to use LED/mini LED TV. Really don't want to worry if i play some games for long time with alot of hud elements on the screen all the time.

My new OLED arrives today! 🎈

I went to Best Buy to buy an OLED C2 after researching online and I really liked your Videos and your gift to express your views and thought clearly, directly to the point and easy to understand. Thanks! When I got to the store and ready to buy the sales guy said for only $200.00 more I could get the OLED G2. I had researched some of that before hand too, checked out the TV there and bought it! I hope I made the right choice? Thanks and good luck to you!!

I love my 2021 LG OLED TV but I often get worried about it burning in! 😬 Thank you for the advice. 🙏

My 2016 LG OLED 55CP(?) suffered burn in from using it as a computer monitor for 4 or 5 months at 10-12 hours a day. And my Sony A8H (2020) has a bit of image retention if I fall asleep with the home menu on for a half an hour or so, the image retention goes away shortly after playing a movie, but I have no idea if I can undo the burn in on my LG,

Had my LG B9 and no concerns about burn in at all with the pixel refresh and other technologies in TVs to combat the chances of burn in

I did not experience burn-in with my 2020 65" LG CX OLED. I had burn-out - an entire vertical column of LEDs that manifested itself as a thin black line - after less than 2 years. I'm done with OLEDs. In addition to burn-in and burn-out, the lack of vibrant colors was always disappointing. In my opinion, the vibrancy of Samsung's neo QLED far outweighs the occasional halo effect that occurs in dark scenes with bright lights, something you don't notice anyway unless you're doing a side-by-side comparison. My replacement Samsung QN90B is just stunning, with no concerns of image retention or diminished brightness of organic LEDs. Also, the more TV manufacturers try to brighten OLEDs, the more likely that burn-in will occur, and the quicker the organic LEDs will degrade.

I have a A95K QD TV that you and FOMO strongly suggested and I absolutely love it. Incredible picture and my PS5 works flawlessly with it. I am a casual to semi serious gamer. I have over 100 hours on Fallout4 and over sixty five hours on Far Cry 6and no issues yet. No burn in at all. Looking forward to your next video on QD TV's.

I rarely play now / use my oled but I also do a pixel refresh either way etc but this video is amazing n helpful 🙏🏼

Thanks for the Video. Seems like I will stick for a while with LCD displays.

Just straight facts and to the point with solid examples and explanations. Caleb, you are a life saver, I will definitely think hard before purchasing the LG C2 OLED tv. Great content Thank you from Toronto, Canada

Burn in will always be a thing. You should always be concerned because of the easy fact, they will not include it in warranty!! That's it!! If they are not worried then put it in the warranty and people will stop talking about it! I don't know why people keep trying to say it's not a issue when manufacturers themselves talk about it and even make burn in prevention tools.

I have an older LG OLED E6P with burn in. About 98% of the time, it’s not noticeable though. I had a Mac Mini hooked up to it for years and the static images from KZfaq, browsers, etc. caused it. It only shows up when there is a large bright solid color over most of the screen. That rarely happens while watching movies/video’s though. It’s frustrating none-the-less. Panel noise clearing does not work on getting rid of this. I have a second LG OLED that has never had any static images and there are no problems. I’d still probably buy another one in the future though.

THINKING OF getting an lg c2 42 inch for a pc monitor. any advice?

My LG OLED now has noticable burn in. Particularly in the lower right corner. Almost EVERY channel we watch keeps their logo in that spot continuously. So that area of the screen had gone DARK. I am furious why they see a need to keep that on screen as it has limited value and seriously damages expensive TV screens. This also happened on the plasma TV I had before I got the OLED. I guess my next TV will not be OLED of any ilk.

Pretty much every game has static images, especially racing and RPGs. I'm kind of worried about my Sony A90k in that respect. My 42" A90k doubles as a monitor/TV... I play around 3-5 hours a day, more on off-days. The problem is there aren't many Mini-LED monitors/TVs in the 27"-42" range that I know of. I'm careful, but definitely fall into the should be worried territory.

thank you so much, awesome video!

Great video Caleb. I’m still rocking that F8500 Plasma in my garage. No burn in from watching sports/news for a short period. I have two LG OLEDs (Cx & C2) and no issues. You said it and others have to, if you watch a LOT of news/video games/sports, don’t get an OLED!

Great job as always! My last OLED TV is in a spare bedroom and likely will go to recycling soon. It is a 2019 65 inch LG that was great for the first year. Our burn-in started when we were out of the country for a couple of weeks right before the pandemic began. Our twenty something daughter house sat for us and as far as I can tell the TV stayed on 24 hours a day pretty much as bright as it would go. There is a security camera in that room and when I checked in on our pets I noticed that the TV was never off. Most of the time it was on a channel that showed baseball games around the clock. I am not sure why my daughter chose that but she did. End result is a large green spot in the middle of the screen. The TV was out of warranty the day before we got back. With some content the damage is barely noticeable. With others there is a noticeable green diamond shaped blotch on the middle of the screen. I replaced it with a Sony 75 inch LCD TV that looks good and works well. It is on probably 18 hours a day and has been for two years. When we’re not watching TV we are using our Apple TV to play music. I will likely avoid OLED for a while until I know that I will be the person controlling the TV all of the time. I miss the deep blacks and incredible contrast of OLED but my Sony is no slouch either.

***BEWARE potential buyers on the fence***Burn in is very real no matter how they try and spin it away or justify there purchases! Baby sitting the screen is a terrible thing to tell the consumer.

Using an LG CX as my computer monitor for over 2 years now, daily 10-12 hours, I would say 80-20% in favor of work (coding) and browsing/gaming. I don't notice any signs of burn-in yet. Other than hiding the taskbar and setting up a black screen saver after 15 minutes and using a moderate brightness level, I do no extra precaution. To be honest I have also expected worse by now.

Random question but does anyone have any date for when the reviews for the X95L will be out? The TV is on sale in the Europe but I don't know when the reviews will drop. I'm excited for those.

Telling people don't play a game 3-4 hrs a day for a month is not something I want to do after buying OLED, and which is why I'll never buy an OLED

I wanted to chime in with my experience of owning an LGC1 for approximately 2ish years. I do mostly gaming (a lot of Warzone with the same static minimap)- but I do watch a lot of movies and shows on TV. My TV is just under 2000 hours and hasn't completed the pixel cleaning cycle yet, but my unit has no signs of burn in. I've used uniformity test videos, blank white screen ones and I could not tell any parts that were burned in. Here's a good tip for gamers: When I play extended sessions of the same game consistently, every time before shutting the console, I put on my Apple TV wallpaper for around 20-30 minutes if I'm not watching a show after gaming. You could substitute it with some nature or moving wallpapers/landscapes on KZfaq. I know my sessions are longer than 4 hours too because the LG OLED's don't click immediately when shutting off to do a small pixel sweep. But still no burn in!

I have 55 inch C1 LG OLED, my primary use is computer and watching youtube such as your channel, so far no issues with burn-In.

Besides burn in I am concerned with picture quality degrading rather fast with heavy usage. How fast if at all does this compare to mini led ?

Burn-in is the whole reason why I got a mini-LED monitor. Going head-to-head it might be slightly worse than OLED displays, but with over 1000 local dimming zones I still get perfect blacks, and I still get amazing colors for HDR content because it's able to be so bright with it being an LED display. QD-OLED displays my change the game, but when I got my monitor the only QD-OLED displays on the market were either TVs that were way too big for my use case or the Alienware QD-OLED display, which was fantastic for what it was, but I was not looking for an Ultrawide display.

Having owned many FALD LCD/QLEDs….I cannot agree that there are no worries to be seen with said technology. That hasn’t been my experience at all. Virtually every FALD LCD/QLED I’ve owned, eventually acquired backlighting zones that ended up being dimmer, than surrounding zones. Sometimes, the zone just completely quits working, and no light was even produced, which leads to a dark corner, or worse yet, a dim center portion of the screen. I have three LCD/QLED based displays in my home right now, that exhibit these behaviors…of having uneven zones, luminance wise. Which obviously leads to WAY more distracting DSE. Not to mention, those displays have a lot more involved, in getting great PQ. Way more layers involved. Things like FALD, controlling the backlight, takes a lot more work than say, on an OLED. All that processing isn’t needed, to control the zones, and local dimming algorithm, in conjunction with tone mapping. There’s just a lot more to go wrong on those sets, due to how they’re engineered, imho. On OLED, it either gets burnt in, or it doesn’t. And if you catch any issues quickly enough, there are features that do work to fix it. Personally, I experience no burn in on my CX with 10,000 hours. Did I have other issues…yes. I kept having pixels dropping like flies, nearly everyday, around the border of the screen. The C2 I have now, with 4,000 hours, shows absolutely ZERO issues thus far. Not even one dead, or stuck pixel. Great uniformity, even near black. There’s no venetian blind effect either, which my CX suffered from.

Very happy that my LG CX65 does not have burn in. My son plays 90% time on this tv and we use it 10% for movies/series. Hopefully, it will keep working great!

Hi Caleb, i heard in your video that LCD based tvs don't need to worry for burning issues, does that includes all LED and QLED tvs ? i know they all have retro illumination and liquid screen on front, but i would like to check that with you. Thanks !

Make sure to check out part 2 of our OLED🔥burn-in series: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qdSYaa6Ut6nLn58.html

It's the only reason I've never bought an oled. The burn in. Once the companies can warranty the burn in, then I'll definitely buy one. I considered the qd oled but then I was told that heightens the risk of burn in because they get brighter and it's more riskier so I continue to wait and might end up getting the next best TV after qd oled and oled

My LG C9 not 4 yrs. old yet, has burn-in. You should be able to watch anything for as long as you want without the fear of burn-in. Shame on me for not doing my homework first I was in awe over the picture quality. $2200 for an OLED? Never again.

I use a 55" C2 as a PC monitor and use it for hours almost every day. I've had it since January and no issues.

Great video as always. As a recent A90J owner, I would imagine having the heatsink on the tv helps dissapate the heat, reducing burn in potential?

As my gaming and family tv, I remember my plasma tv working great until I played games with a dark HUD against a bright background like COD, Kingdom Hearts, or P5. Even though those went away, I’ll never learn the burn in lesson again.

Which LCD TVs would you recommend?

Great video. Very informative. I have a question about the wallpapers the LG C2 uses when it is inactive. Are they safe if they are in use every day for at least minutes at a time?

OLED will always have a potential burn in issue simply due to the fact the pixels are organic, have a half life in comparison to LCD / LED tv's, so why would I pay thousands for a TV I have to pamper, vs a mini LED I can drive hard, have great picture quality ( not as perfect as OLED I know but not far off ) and not have burn in concerns? And do NOT be fooled - the brighter QD-OLED and the new C3 LG OLEDs are, the more suseptable to burn in they are.